Zurabishvili accused the Georgian Dream of Georgia’s dependence on Russia. She said that it makes her nervous when Russian is spoken in the republic.

The executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, considered the statements about people who speak Russian to be fascist. The President of Georgia said that "massive Russian immigration" has increased Georgia's dependence on Russian funds and markets. She also said that Russian is "the language of the enemy"